Phenom II X3 N870 vs Athlon II P360

Aggregate performance score

Athlon II P360
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.45
Phenom II X3 N870
2010
3 cores / 3 threads, 35 Watt
1.06
+136%

Phenom II X3 N870 outperforms Athlon II P360 by a whopping 136% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II P360 and Phenom II X3 N870 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking29342420
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon II3x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency1.702.87
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date16 December 2010 (13 years ago)16 December 2010 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II P360 and Phenom II X3 N870 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)3 (Tri-Core)
Threads23
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cache256 KB384 KB
L2 cache1 MB1.5 MB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II P360 and Phenom II X3 N870 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

SocketS1g4S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II P360 and Phenom II X3 N870. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVM86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-V

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II P360 and Phenom II X3 N870 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II P360 and Phenom II X3 N870. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon II P360 0.45
Phenom II X3 N870 1.06
+136%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Athlon II P360 1
Phenom II X3 N870 2
+64.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.45 1.06
Physical cores 2 3
Threads 2 3
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 35 Watt

Athlon II P360 has 40% lower power consumption.

Phenom II X3 N870, on the other hand, has a 135.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

The Phenom II X3 N870 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II P360 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II P360 and Phenom II X3 N870, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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